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BY 



M. L. DUGGAN. RURAL SCHOOL AGENT 



No. 12 



UNDER DIRECTION OF STATE 

Department of Education 





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Educational Survey of 

Screven County 

Georgia 



By 

M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent 



No. 12 



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Under the Direction of the 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



M. L. BRITTAIN 

State Superintendent of Schools 

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Hon. H. J. Arnett, Superintendent, 
Sylvania, Ga. 



SCREVEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

Hon. G. Rufus Lee Oliver, Ga. 

Hon. John W. Hears Mears, Ga. 

Hon. G. H. Sharp Ogeechee, Ga. 

Hon. T. E. Lee Halcyondale, Ga. 

Hon. W. K. Brinson Sylvania, Ga. 



SCREVEN COUNTY 



The following report upon a survey of the schools of the 
county is submitted to patrons and citizens with the hope that 
it may receive their earnest consideration. 

It will be seen that the schools throughout the county are 
doing ''tolerably well," while some of them have attained the 
"Standard." The best are none too good for the children of 
Screven County or as efficient as the people of the county are 
able to make them. Hardly as much effort and attention have 
been devoted to any of them as to the development of agricul- 
ture and stock raising in some places in the county. "People 
are more important than property," and a still more liberal 
investment in the proper development and training of the chil- 
dren would be more profitable than in hogs and cows and corn 
and cotton. Money wisely expended on the public schools, 
whether through "local taxation" or otherwise, should not be 
regarded as an expense, but as an investment in present and 
future citizenship. 

Screven County voted "For Local Tax" in 1907, and the 
levj applies to the entire county, including municipalities. 
The rate levied is 3^4 mills, which is less than in former years. 
The State school fund appropriated to the county is $21,362.63, 
and the local levy yields $7,876.55, making a total maintenance 
fund of $29,239.18. This maintains the schools for seven 
months, and from a balance left an appropriation is made for 
another month to such schools as will locally raise by subscrip- 
tion funds for still another month, giving to these schools nine 
months. 

The board has also been able to duplicate all efforts of indi- 
vidual schools in the matter of buildings and equipment, thus 
stimulating local school spirit over the county generally. 

The entire administration is in the hands of the county 
board of education, consideration being given to tlie nomina- 



tion of teachers by local trustees. Tliis, however, is often de- 
ferred by the local trustees to the county superintendent, who 
lias better facilities for finding and selecting suitable teachers 
for the schools. 

Supervision has been earnest and constant, results of which 
are easily seen in the professional strength and spirit of the 
teaching force, in the intelligent planning of the later built 
school houses, in the selection and purchasing of the school 
furniture and equipment, and in the general school spirit nearly 
everywhere manifested in schools and communities. 

Particular attention has been paid to matters of sanitation, 
as the cleanliness of buildings and surroundings and the num- 
ber and condition of school toilets attest. There are to be 
found more schools in the county with "two toilets in g'ood con- 
dition" than is usually the case, and this applies to the negro 
schools as well as to the white schools. It has come to be gen- 
erally understood among the schools that the superintendent 
gives first attention to this important matter upon every visit 
to any school. 

Eight schools have M'on their certificates as "STANDARD,'' 
while only two were reported in 1915. A number of others are 
near-standard, while many are striving for this distinction. 
When another survey of the county is made a year or so hence 
it is to be hoped that this number will ])e more than doubled. 

A live monthly meeting of the teachers is maintained 
throughout the school year, and many patrons and citizens are 
beginning to attend these interesting meetings. 

M. L. DUGGAN, 
Rural School Agent for Georgia. 

P. S. I have endeavored to show to the citizens of the 
county in a simple way just what facilities have been provided 
for the education of their children. It is for them to determine 
Avhether these are sufficient, or whether the children deserve 
and they are able to provide more liberally for them. 




BASCOM SCHOOL. 

Teacher: A. B. Jenkins, Sylvania, Ga., R. F. D. No. 2. 

Location: Two and a half miles northwest to Clyde; five miles 
southeast to Friendship. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in county board of education ; 
lot open, bare, unimproved ; yards fenced and cleaned up ; 
playgrounds ample ; no school garden ; two toilets in good 
condition. 

Building- : Value, $600 ; one class room ; no cloak room ; well 
lighted ; painted ; in good condition and well kept. 

Equipment : Double patent desks ; wood blackboards ; good 
set of maps ; no charts ; no globe, no pictures, no reference 
dictionary ; no library except a few dozen booklets. Water 
brought from a well a quarter mile distant ; kept in indi- 
vidual bottles. 

Organization : One teacher ; 7 grades ; 40 pupils ; no program 
posted; no clubs organized; 24 weeks' school year. 



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BAY BRANCH SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: C. R. Luker, Principal, Woodcliff, Ga.; Miss Stella 
Bragg, Assistant, Woodcliff, Ga. ; Miss Florence Hanker- 
son, Assistant, Woodcliff, Ga. 

Location: Four miles southwest to Woodcliff"; three and a half 
miles north to Pinevale. 

Grounds : Area, two acres ; titles in a Baptist church ; grounds 
unimproved but well cleaned up ; playgrounds ample ; 
school garden ; two sanitary toilets. 

Building": Value, $1,800; two class rooms and lodge rooms 
overhead ; insufficiently lighted ; cloak rooms ; painted ; in 
good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboards; a 
few maps ; no chart ; a very small globe ; framed pictures ; 
a reference dictionary ; library of 50 volumes. Well on 
lot ; open buckets ; common dipper. 

Organization: Three teachers; 8 grades; 95 pupils; a literary 
society ; 28 weeks school year ; organized clubs. 



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BEULAH SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Teachers : J. L. Fortney, Principal, Sylvania, Ga. ; Miss Edna 
Mincey, Assistant, Sylvania, Ga. 

Location: Four miles east to Jackson; three and a half miles 
southwest to Green Hill ; three and a half miles east to 
Maple Branch. 

Grounds : Area, two acres ; titles in county board ; well fenced 
and partly improved ; good playgrounds ; school garden ; 
two toilets in sanitary condition. 

Building: Value, $750; one class room (another room planned) ; 
insufficiently lighted ; cloak rooms ; painted ; in good con- 
dition and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks and teachers' desks; fairly 
good blackboards ; State, United States and world maps ; 
charts ; no globe ; framed pictures ; library, 77 volumes in a 
Stewart Sectional book case ; no reference dictionary ; an 
organ ; illustrative materials, flowers, etc. A Smith sani- 
tary bubbling fountain. 

Org-anization : Two teachers; ten grades; 54 pupils; programs 
posted ; 18 recitation periods ; organized corn and canning 
clubs ; 28 Aveeks school year. 

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BLUE SPRINGS SCHOOL. 

Teachers : Mrs. H. W. Smith, Prmcipal, Oliver, Ga. ; Mrs. Uhna 
Lee, Assistant, Oliver, Ga. 

Location: Four miles north to Boyd; four and a half miles 
northeast to Middleground. 

Grounds: Area, three-fourths acre; titles in' county board of 
education ; located in grove, unimproved ; yards fenced 
and well cleaned up ; playgrounds small ; school gardens ; 
two toilets in good condition. 

Building : Value, $750 ; two class rooms ; insufficiently lighted ; 
no cloak rooms ; one room only painted ; building in good 
condition and well kept. 

Equipment : Double patent desks ; fairly good blackboard ; 
good set of maps; charts; good globe; unframed pictures; 
a reference dictionary; a small library. "Water at pump 
on grounds; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 7 grades; 56 pupils; programs 
posted ; 40 recitation periods ; no organized clubs ; 24 weeks 
school year. 




BOYD SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Susie Overstreet, Principal, Oliver, Ga., R. F. 
D. No. 1 ; Miss Maggie Williamson, Assistant, Oliver, Ga., 
R. F. D. No. 1. 

Location : Four miles north to Jackson ; four and a half miles 
south to Blue Springs. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in county board of education ; 
lot well fenced and being improved; small playgrounds; 
a good school garden ; two toilets in good condition. 

Buildings: Value, $600; one class room (another class room 
planned) ; cloak rooms planned ; well lighted ; in good 
condition and well kept ; painted. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboard; 
State, county and United States maps; no charts; no 
globe ; no reference dictionary ; framed pictures ; small 
library; an organ; decorative flags, etc. Well on lot; 
covered cooler ; individual drinking cups. 

Orgfanization : Two teachers ; seven grades ; 56 pupils ; program 
posted; 16 recitation periods; well organized literary so- 
ciety; 28 weeks school years. 



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CAPITOLA SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Ella Robbiiis, Capitola, Ga. 

Location: Two and a half miles north to Pine Grove; four 
and a half miles west to Gilgal. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; lot open, bare, unimproved ; yards 
well cleaned up ; playgrounds small ; no school garden ; 
one toilet in fair condition ; playhouses for the children. 

Building: Value, $1,000; one large class room; improperly 
lighted; temporary cloak rooms; painted; in good condi- 
tion and well kept. 

Equipment : Single patent desks ; poor blackboards ; very few 
maps ; no chart ; no globe ; no framed pictures ; no library ; 
no reference dictionary; organ. Water from a distant 
spring; open bucket; common dipper. 

Org-anization : One teacher; 7 grades; 44 pupils; no program 
posted; 45 or 50 recitation periods; a literary society; 24 
weeks school year. 



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CLYDE SCHOOL. 

Teachers: J. H. Fortney, Principal, Hilltonia, Ga.; Mrs. May 
Jenkins, Assistant, Hilltonia, Ga. 

Location: Three miles southeast to Baseom; four miles north- 
east to Millhaven. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in county board of education ; 
situation elevated, bare, unimproved ; playgrounds small ; 
no school garden ; two toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value, $900; two class rooms; no cloak room; well 
lighted ; painted ; in good condition and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; wood blackboards; good 
set of maps; no chart; no globe; framed pictures; small 
library in a case ; no reference dictionary ; organ. Water 
from a neighbor's well; open bucket; common dippers. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 57 pupils; program 
posted ; 28 recitation periods ; no clubs ; 24 weeks school 
year. 



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COOPERVILLE SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: T. D. Erven, Principal, Dover, Ga. ; Miss Omye 
Howard, Assistant ; Miss Oberta Singleton, Assistant. 

Location: Four miles northeast to Gilgal; seven miles north 
to Douglas Branch. 

Grounds : Area, seven-eighths acre ; titles in county board of 
education ; located in a fine grove of old oaks ; grounds in 
good condition; playgrounds ample; school garden; two 
sanitary toilets. 

Building: Value, $1,500; two class rooms; primary grades in 
a separate building on the premises ; lighting insufficient ; 
cloak rooms ; floors oiled ; painted ; building in good repair 
and well kept. 

Equipment: Double and single patent desks; first-class black- 
boards; one State map only; no chart; no globe; framed 
pictures ; small library in a case ; no reference dictionary ; 
piano. Water in covered coolers; individual drinking 
cups. 

Organization : Three teachers ; 9 grades ; 84 pupils ; programs 
posted; literary and debating societies meet weekly; 
86 weeks school year, 

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DOUGLAS BRANCH SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: C. R. Bennett, Principal, Ogeecliee, Ga. ; Miss Ada 
Rnshin, Assistant, Ogeechee, Ga. 

Location: Fonr miles northeast to Harwell; five miles north- 
west to Rocky Ford. 

Grounds : Area, nine acres ; titles in a Baptist church ; fenced 
and partly improved ; ample playgrounds, improved ; 
small school garden ; tw'o sanitary toilets. 

Building-: Value, $800; two class rooms; insufficiently lighted; 
cloak rooms ; painted ; in good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboards; a 
few maps; charts; a globC;- framed pictures; library of 50 
volumes; a reference dictionary; an organ. Well on lot in 
good condition ; covered coolers ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization : Two teachers ; 9 grades ; 52 pupils ; industrial 
clubs organized ; 28 weeks school year. 



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TEACHER'S HOME, ELMWOOD. 




COOPERVILLE SCHOOL 



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ELMWOOD SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: A. J. Walker, Principal, Sylvania, Ga., Route No. 
5 ; Miss Lurine Cooper, Assistant, Sylvania, Ga., Route No. 
5. 

Location : Four miles northwest to Friendship ; four miles east 
to Mercer. 

Grounds : Area, two acres ; titles in local trustees ; a wooded 
lot ; fenced and partly improved ; ample play grounds ; 
play supervised ; a good school garden ; two toilets kept in 
a sanitary condition. 

Building's: Value, $1,000; two class rooms; insufficiently 
lighted ; cloak rooms ; painted ; building in good condition 
and well kept. On the grounds is also a teachers' cottage 
with garden furnished to the principal. Also a well-equip- 
ped manual training shop. 

Equipment: Double patent desks and teachers' desks; first- 
class blackboards ; United States history and county maps ; 
no chart ; a globe ; framed pictures ; a reference dictionary ; 
a small library in a good case. Water supplied at well on 
lot; individual drinking cups. 

Organization : Two teachers ; seven grades ; 64 pupils ; pro- 
gram posted; 17 periods; manual training and garden; no 
organized clubs. 

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ENNEIS SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Teacher: Miss Jillie Brantley, Haley ondale, Ga. 

Location: Three and a half miles southwest to Halcyondale ; 
two and a half miles north to Lee-Evans. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in county board of education ; 
located in a fine grove ; lot improved and well kept ; play- 
grounds ample ; a well kept school garden ; two toilets in 
sanitary condition. 

Building: Value, $600 ; one class room ; well lighted ; painted ; 
in good condition and well kept ; a temporary cloak room. 

Equipment: Single patent'desk and teacher's desk; first-class 
blackboards ; good set of maps ; chart ; globe ; framed pic- 
tures ; library of 52 volumes in a good case ; no reference 
dictionary. Water at pump on the grounds; individual 
drinking cups, sterilized regularly and kept in a closed 
cabinet. 

Organization: One teacher; 8 grades; 33 pupils; program 
posted; 35 periods; a current events club; canning club; 
corn club ; pig club ; poultry club ; 32 weeks school year. 



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FREE CHAPEL SCHOOL. 

Teachers: A. T. Cline, Principal, Rocky Ford, Ga. ; H. S. Mc- 
Call, Assistant, Rocky Ford, Ga. 

Location: Four miles southwest to Rocky Ford; four miles 
north to Horse Creek; four miles northeast to Woodclift'. 

Grounds : Area, two acres ; titles in county board of education ; 
lot bare and unimproved ; yards cleaned ; play grounds 
small ; no school garden ; one toilet in fair condition. 

Building": Value, $450 ; one class room ; no cloak room ; improp- 
erly lighted ; unpainted ; in moderate condition and well 
kept. A new building is in contemplation here. 

Equipment: Double patent and home-made desks; first-class 
blackboards; no maps; no chart; no globe; no pictures; no 
library ; no reference dictionary. Well on lot ; open buck- 
ets ; individual drinking cups. 

Org'anization : Two teachers ; 8 grades ; 47 pupils ; no program 
posted ; 24 recitation periods ; no organized clubs ; 30 weeks 
school year. 



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FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Riifus Oglesby, Sylvania, Ga. 

Location: Four miles south to Ehnwood ; seven miles north- 
east of Harmony. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in local trustees ; pine grove 
in background ; lot fenced, cleaned up, and well kept ; small 
playgrounds ; no school garden ; two toilets in good condi- 
tion. 

Building: Value, $600; one class room; no cloak rooms; paint- 
ed; in good condition, and well kept; properly and sufifi- 
ciently lighted. 

Equipment : Double patent desks ; poor blackboards ; United 
States history and county maps; no charts or globes; one 
framed picture; no reference dictionary; small library; 
water in open buckets ; common dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 36 pupils; program 
posted; 35 recitation periods; no organized club work; 24 
weeks school year. 



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GILGAL SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Clyde Hollingsworth, Principal; Miss Annie Lee 
Blackburn, Assistant ; Miss Janie Blackburn, Assistant. 

Location : Four miles southwest to Cooperville ; five miles 
north to Goloid ; five miles east to Capitola. 

Grounds: Area, one acre (planning to secure more) ; titles in 
county board of education ; grounds unimproved ; ample 
playground ; small school garden ; one toilet in good condi- 
tion. 

Building": Value, $2,000; three class rooms and a music room; 
lighting insufficient ; cloak rooms ; painted ; in good re- 
pair and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desks; first- 
class blackboards ; a good set of maps mounted in case ; 
charts ; globe ; pictures ; 15 volumes in library ; no reference 
dictionary ; piano. Well on lot ; common dippers. 

Orgunization : Three teachers; 10 grades; 105 pupils; no or- 
ganized club work ; a music teacher with good class ; 32 
weeks school year. 



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GOLOID SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Gertrude McFarthers, Ogeechee, Ga. 

Location: Four miles northwest to Harwell; five miles north- 
east to Sylvania. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; title in local trustees; grounds un- 
improved; yard fenced and well kept; play grounds am- 
ple ; school garden ; two toilets in fair condition. 

Building: Value, ^600; one class room; not well lighted; 
cloak rooms ; painted ; in good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards: one 
county map only; no chart; no globe; framed pictures; 
small library; a reference dictionary. Well on lot; open 
buckets; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 9 grades; 41 pupils; two literary 
societies ; 28 weeks school year. 



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GREEN HILL SCHOOL. 

Teachers: C. E. Wynens, Principal, Sylvania, Ga., Route No. 
1; Mrs. C. E. Wynens, Assistant, Sylvania, Ga., R. F. D. 
No. 1. 

Location: Three miles southwest to Evans; three and a half 
miles northeast to Beulah. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in county board; lot unim- 
proved, but yards cleaned up well ; playgrounds ample ; 
no school garden ; two toilets in fair condition. 

Building: Value, $800; two class rooms; no cloak rooms; in- 
sufficiently and improperly lighted; painted outside only; 
building in good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; very few 
maps ; no chart ; no globe ; no pictures ; no library ; no ref- 
erence dictionary. Well on lot ; open bucket ; common 
dipper. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 66 pupils; no program 
posted; 30 recitation periods; semi-monthly literary so- 
ciety; 24 weeks school year. 



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HALCYONDALE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Kathrine Boatright, Haley ondale, Ga. 

Location: Three and a half miles northeast to Enneis; five 
miles southeast to Oliver. 

Grounds : Area, two acres ; titles in county board of education ; 
lot open, bare, unimproved; playgrounds very small; no 
school garden ; one toilet in good condition. 

Building-: Value, $450; one class room; improperly lighted; 
no cloak room ; painted ; in good condition and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboard; no map; 
no chart ; no globe ; no pictures ; no library ; no reference 
dictionary. Water from an artesian well; open bucket; 
common dipper. 

Organization: One teacher; 9 grades; 17 pupils; no program 
posted; 35 recitation periods; no organized clubs. 



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HARMONY SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: Miss Madge Ledbetter, Principal, Minus, Ga. ; Miss 
Lizzie Dell McGee, Assistant, Minus, Ga. 

Location: Five miles northAvest to Millhaven ; five miles north 
to Harrison. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in county board of education; 
grounds laid off in walks and otherwise improved; yards 
clean and well kept ; small playgrounds ; well cared for 
school gardens ; two sanitary toilets. 

Building-: Value, $1,500; class rooms; well lighted; hall used 
for cloak rooms ; painted ; in good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboards; 
county, State and United States maps ; no charts ; no 
globes ; excellent selection of framed pictures ; library of 
85 volumes in a good case ; a reference dictionary. Ar- 
tesian water 400 yards distant ; kept in glass jars ; individ- 
ual drinking cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 60 pupils; program 
posted ; 16 recitation periods ; a literary society ; 28 weeks 
school year; boys' and girls' clubs. 



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HARRISON SCHOOL. 

Teacher: C. L. Jarrell, Mears, Ga. 

Location: Four miles west to Millhaven; five miles south to 
Harmony. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles iu county hoard of educa- 
tion ; located in a beautiful pine grove, unimproved ; yards 
well cleaned up ; playgrounds small ; no school garden ; 
two toilets kept in a sanitary condition. 

Building: Value, .$600; one class room; well lighted; no cloak 
room ; painted ; building in good condition but not well 
kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboard; one 
United States history map ; chart ; two globes ; no pictures ; 
no library; no reference dictionary; piano. Water at 
pump on veranda; common dipper. 

Organization: One teacher; 8 grades; 30 pupils; no program 
posted; 35 recitation periods; no clubs; 24 weeks school 
year. 



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HARWELL SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Teacher: Miss Lura Skinner, Ogeechee, Ga. 

Location: Three miles northwest to Woodcliff; four miles 
northeast to Zeigler. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in local trustees; located in a 
fine grove of oaks and pines; fenced but otherwise unim- 
proved ; small play grounds ; well kept school garden ; two 
toilets in good condition. 

Building-: Value, $500; one class room; well lighted; cloak 
rooms; painted; in good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks; poor blackboards; county 
and State maps; no chart; no globe; framed pictures; 
small library in a case ; no reference dictionary ; organ. 
Water at well on lot ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 32 pupils; program 
posted ; 24 recitation periods ; no clubs ; 28 weeks school 
year. 



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HOOK SCHOOL. 

Teacher: A. A. Lariscy, Sylvania, Ga. 

Location : Four miles southeast to Sylvania ; three and a half 
miles northwest to Wesley. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in county board of education ; 
in a pine grove ; well cleaned up ; play grounds ample ; no 
school garden ; one toilet in good condition. 

Building": Value, $600; one class room; fairly well lighted; no 
cloak rooms ; painted ; in good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboards; set 
of maps mounted in case ; no chart ; no globe ; framed pic- 
tures ; a small library ; a reference dictionary. Water in a 
covered cooler; individual drinking cups. 

Organisation: One teacher; 7 grades; 33 pupils; no program 
posted ; 24 recitation periods ; no clubs ; 28 weeks school 
year. 



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HORSE CREEK SCHOOL. 

Teachers: E. C. Swetman, Principal, Rocky Ford, Ga. ; Miss 
Anna Pierce, Assistant, Rocky Ford, Ga. 

Location: Three and a half miles east to Woodclitf ; four miles 
northeast to Bay Branch. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in county board of education; 
grounds fenced, clean, otherwise unimproved ; play grounds 
ample ; no school garden ; two toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value, $500; one class room (divided by a curtain) ; 
well lighted ; no cloak rooms ; painted outside only ; in good 
repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboard; no 
maps; no chart; no globe; no pictures; no library; no 
reference dictionary. Water from a neighbor 's well ; open 
bucket ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization : Two teachers ; 7 grades ; 60 pupils ; no program 
posted; 20 recitation periods; literary clubs to be organ- 
ized soon ; 28 weeks school year. 



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HURST SCHOOL. 

Teachers: E. M. Staley, Principal, Hilltonia, Ga. : Miss Kath- 
leen Lutes, Assistant, Hilltonia, Ga. 

Location: Four and a half miles west to Walkers; four miles 
southeast to Hilltonia. 

Grounds: Area, four acres; titles probably in a church adja- 
cent ; most of lot in pine forest ; ample play ground ; no 
school garden; two toilets in fair condition. 

Building: A^alue, $1,200; two class rooms; insufficiently light- 
ed ; cloak room ; painted ; building new and well kept. 

Equipment : Double patent desks ; cloth blackboards ; county 
and United States maps; no chart; no globe; no pictures; 
no library; no reference dictionary. Water at well; indi- 
vidual drinking cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 72 pupils; 32 recita- 
tion periods ; a literary society ; 24 weeks school year. 



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JACKSON SCHOOL. 

Teacher: V. T. Beard, Sylvania, Ga. 

Location : Three and one-half miles southwest to Maple Branch ; 
four and a half miles north to Mercer. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in county board; elevated 
situation in oak and pine grove ; lot unimproved but well 
cleaned up ; play grounds small ; no school garden ; one 
toilet in fair condition. 

Building : Value, $600 ; one class room ; no cloak room ; fairly 
well but improperly lighted ; painted inside only ; building 
well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; four blackboards; United 
States, world and covmty maps only ; no chart ; no globes ; 
no pictures ; no library ; no reference dictionary ; water 
in open buckets ; common dipper. 

Organisation: One teacher; 7 grades; 34 pupils; no program 
posted ; 33 recitation periods ; 24 weeks school year. 



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LEE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: L. W. Lewis, Sylvania, Ga., Route No. 4. 

Location: Three and a half miles south to McDonald ; four and 
a half miles northwest to Walker. 

Grounds : Area, seven acres ; titles in local trustees ; lot covered 
with original pine forest; unimproved; ample play 
grounds; small school garden; two toilets, one in good 
condition, one in bad condition. 

Building: Value, $650; one class room; well lighted; no cloak 
room ; unpainted ; in good repair ; only fairly well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks and teachers' desks; first- 
class blackboards; county and United States maps; no 
charts ; no globe ; no pictures ; no reference dictionary ; 
library of 45 volumes. Water delivered at a near-by 
spring. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 50 pupils; no program 
posted ; no clubs organized ; 28 weeks school year. 



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LEE-EVANS SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Nina Dixon, Haley ondale, Ga. 

Location: Five miles northwest to Capitola; two and a half 
miles to Enneis ; three miles southeast to Newington. 

Grounds : Area, two acres ; titles in county board of education ; 
located in a magnificent pine forest ; lot unimproved, but 
yards well cleaned up ; small play grounds ; a small school 
garden ; two toilets in average condition. 

Building: Value, $1,500 ; one large class room ; no cloak rooms ; 
fairly well lighted ; painted ; in good condition and well 
kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teacher's desk; a county 
map only ; no chart ; no globe ; no reference dictionary ; no 
library; framed pictures. Well on lot in good condition; 
open bucket ; common dipper. 

Organization: One teacher; 10 grades; 24 pupils; no program 
posted ; 50 recitation periods ; no organized clubs ; 24 weeks 
school year. 



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MAPLE BRANCH SCHOOL. 

Teachers : W. C. Kemp, Principal, Sylvania, Ga. ; Miss Eva 
Arnold, Assistant, Sylvania, Ga. 

Location: Three and a half miles west to Beulah ; three miles 
northeast to Jackson. 

Grounds : Area, three acres ; titles in local trustees ; lot little 
improved but well cleaned up; playgrounds ample; a good 
school garden; two toilets in sanitary condition. 

Building: Value, $1,200; two class rooms; insufficiently lighted; 
cloak rooms ; painted ; in good condition and well kept. 

Equipment: Good patent desks ; fairly good blackboards ; good 
set of maps ; no charts ; no globe ; framed pictures ; a refer- 
ence dictionary ; library 100 volumes ; an organ. "Well on 
lot ; covered cooler ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: Two teachers: 8 grades; 59 pupils; program 
posted; 40 recitation periods each teacher; semi-monthly 
literary supplies; 24 weeks school year. 



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MERCER SCHOOL. 

Teacher : G. P. Parsley, Sylvania, Ga., R. F. D. No. 5. 

Location: Four miles west to Elmwood; four and a half miles 
south to Jackson. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in local trustees ; level lot with 
oak grove ; fenced but otherwise unimproved ; playgrounds 
ample ; no school garden ; two toilets in good condition. 

Building": Value, $800; two class rooms; no cloak rooms; in- 
sufficiently lighted ; painted outside only ; building in good 
condition and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; United 
States history and county maps ; one chart ; no globe ; no 
pictures ; library of 65 volumes ; a reference dictionary ; 
water from a well 200 yards distant; open buckets; com- 
mon dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 27 pupils; program 
posted ; 27 periods ; no organized clubs ; 24 weeks school 
year. 



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MIDDLE GROUND SCHOOL. 

Teacher: D. D. Edwards, Halcyondale, Ga. 

Location : Five miles east to Boyd ; four and a half miles south 
to Newington. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees: unimproved oak 
grove; small playgrounds; no school garden; one toilet 
in good condition. 

Building: Value, $600; one class room; well lighted; no cloak 
room; painted outside only; in good condition and well 
kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks and teacher's desk; poor 
blackboards; United States history and county maps; no 
charts ; no globe ; framed pictures ; no library ; no reference 
dictionary. Water from neighbor's well; covered cooler; 
individual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 8 grades; 39 pupils; program 
posted; 40 recitation periods; corn clubs; 24 weeks school 
year. 



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MILLHAVEN SCHOOL. 

Teachers: E. B. Bellinger, Principal, Millhaven, Ga. ; Miss 
Olive Chani])liss, Assistant, Millhaven, Ga. 

Location: Four miles south to Clyde; four miles east to Har- 
rison ; five miles west to Hurst. 

Grounds: Area, (?) ; titles in a corporation; lot open, 
bare, unimproved ; playgrounds ample but unimproved ; no 
school gardens ; two toilets in good condition. 

Building:: Value, $1,200 (two stories) ; two large class rooms; 
sufficiently but improperly lighted; no cloak rooms; paint- 
ed outside only ; in good condition and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboards; no 
map ; no charts ; no globes ; no pictures ; no library ; no 
reference dictionary. Water from a neighbor's artesian 
well ; open buckets ; common dippers. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 35 pupils; no program 
posted; 22 recitation periods; no organized club work; 36 
weeks school vear. 



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Mcdonald school. 

Teacher: E. B. Daugherty, Sylvania, Ga., R. 4. 

Location: Three miles north to Lee; three miles south to Wes- 
ley. 

Grounds : Area, two acres ; titles in county board ; large grove, 
well cleaned off; small playgrounds; no school gardens; 
two toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value, $1,000; two class rooms; well lighted; two 
cloak rooms and veranda ; ceiled, but unpainted as yet ; 
well kept. Building very recently renewed and greatly 
improved, and further improvements in contemplation. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; good set 
maps mounted in case ; one globe ; one small reference dic- 
tionary; library of 125 volumes in good case. 

Organization : One teacher ; 63 pupils ; 7 grades ; program 
posted, 28 periods; no clubs; eight months' school year. 



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NEWINGTON SCHOOL. 

Teachers: L. C. Kimsey, Principal, Newington, Ga. ; Miss Liz- 
zie Prior, Assistant, Newington, Ga. 

Location: Fonr miles north to Middlegroimd ; six miles south- 
west to Oliver. 

Grounds : Area, two acres ; titles in county board of education ; 
lot cleared up but unimproved; small playgrounds; no 
school garden ; two toilets in fair condition. 

Building: Value, ^900; two class rooms; fairly well lighted; 
no cloak rooms ; painted ; in poor condition but well kept. 
(Bonds already voted for a new building-.) 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboard ; no 
maps ; chart ; no globe ; no pictures ; no reference diction- 
ary; library 100 volumes; illustrative materials; piano. 
Water at pump ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 11 grades; 90 pupils; programs 
posted; 17 recitation periods; no clubs; 34 weeks school 
vear. 



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OLIVER SCHOOL. 

Teachers: W. S. Brown, Principal, Oliver, Ga. ; Miss Fannie 
Ryon, Assistant. Oliver, Ga. 

Location: Five miles northwest to Haley ondale; five miles 
north to Enneis. 

Grounds : Area, two acres ; titles in county board of education ; 
situated in a beautiful grove of small pines; fenced and 
well improved ; ample playgrounds ; well kept school gar- 
dens ; two toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value, $3,000; two class rooms (too large) ; an au- 
ditorium above; building well lighted; wide halls used as 
cloak rooms; one cloak room; building recently repainted; 
in good condition and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desks; audi- 
torium well seated; good blackboards; good set of maps; 
charts ; globes ; excellent selection of framed pictures ; ref- 
erence'dictionaries; library 150 volumes; piano. Water at 
pump on grounds ; individual drinking cups. 

Org-anization: Two teachers; 10 grades; 62 pupils; programs 
posted ; 22 recitation periods ; civic school club ; 32 weeks 
school year. 



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PINE GROVE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: 0. E. Ratcliffe, Haley ondale, Ga. 

Location: Two and a half miles southeast to Capitola; four 
miles north to Bowie-Evans; five miles east to Middle- 
ground. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in county board of education ; 
located in a magnificent pine grove ; partly improved and 
well cleaned up ; ample playground ; no school garden ; two 
toilets in good condition. 

Building : Value, $800 ; one large class room ; sufficiently but 
improperly lighted ; no cloak rooms ; painted ; in good re- 
pair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks, separate seats; first-class 
blackboard ; one United States history map ; no chart ; no 
globe ; no pictures ; a small library ; a reference dictionary ; 
piano. Well on lot ; open bucket ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 41 pupils; no program 
posted ; 30 recitation periods ; weekly literary society ; 24 
weeks school year. 



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PINE VALE SCHOOL. 

Teachers : C. D. Burnett, Principal, Woodeliff, Ga. ; Miss Jen- 
nie Usher, Assistant, Woodeliff, Ga. 

Location: Four miles east to Lee; four miles south to Bay 
Branch. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in local trustees; lot covered 
with oak grove ; small yard fenced ; small playgrounds ; 
no school garden; two toilets in fair condition. 

Building": Value, $750; two class rooms; one room improperly 
lighted ; no cloak rooms ; painted outside only ; in good 
repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; a county 
map only; no chart; no globe; no framed pictures; no ref- 
erence dictionary ; library of 40 volumes in a case. Water 
at well ; open buckets ; individual drinking cups. 

Org-anization : Two teachers; 7 grades; 48 pupils; no program 
posted ; 18 recitation periods ; no organized clubs ; 28 
weeks school year. 



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ROCKY FORD SCHOOL. 

Teachers: L. M. Ernest, Principal, Rocky Ford, Ga.; Miss Mada 
Wyant, Assistant, Rocky Ford, Ga. 

Location: Four miles northeast to Free Chapel; six miles 
southeast to Douglas Branch. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles leased to the county board for 
99 years ; lot unimproved but yards clean ; small play- 
ground ; no school garden; two toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value, $1,800; three class rooms (Masonic Lodge 
overhead) ; barely well lighted; no cloak rooms; painted; 
in good repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double and single patent desks; wood black- 
boards ; county, State and United States maps ; one chart ; 
no globe; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. 

Organization: Two teachers; 7 grades; 68 pupils; literary and 
debating societies meet semi-monthly; 36 weeks school 
year. 



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SYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: W. H. Sasser, Principal; C. A. Strickland, Miss 
Mollie Moore, Miss Eunice Tenipleton, Miss Mary Lewis, 
Miss l)eulali Dunlap, Miss Elsie Cnbbedge, Miss Grace 
Cnbbedge. 

Grounds : Area, four acres ; titles in trustees ; well located on 
elevated lot in center of the town ; well enclosed with iron 
fencing ; improved ; ample playgrounds improved ; well 
cleaned up and carefully kept ; toilets in good condition 
and cared for ; running water and bubbling fountains on 
the grounds; sewerage. 

Building': Value, ii^H.OOO; eight class rooms and auditorium; 
painted and plastered; well lighted; floors oiled; well 
kept. Heating by small stoves in bad repair and dan- 
gerous. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and teachers' desks; good 
blackboards ; sets of maps, also a set of relief maps in 
case ; charts ; globes ; framed pictures ; reference diction- 
aries in each room ; library of 300 volumes. 

Organization: Eight teachers; 10 grades; 350 i)upils ; literary 
societies; eight months' school year. 

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WALKERS SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Kathleen Cynibee, Hilltonia, Ga., Route No. 1. 

Location : Four miles southeast to Lee ; four and a half miles 
northeast to Hurst. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in county board of education ; 
elevated location in a beautiful grove of small pines ; unim- 
proved ; playgrounds small ; no school garden ; two toilets 
in good condition. 

Building :j^ Value, $1,000; two class rooms; well lighted; no 
cloak rooms; painted; floors oiled; in good condition and 
well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboards; one 
United States map; no chart; no globe; no pictures; no 
library ; no reference dictionary. Water at well on lot ; 
individual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 8 grades; 44 pupils; program 
posted ; literary society organized ; 24 weeks school year. 



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WESLEY SCHOOL. 

Teacher: W. H. Enneis, Sylvauia, Ga., Route No. 4. 

Location : Three miles north to McDonald ; four miles east to 
Hook. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in county board of education ; 
located in pine forest; yard fenced; playgrounds ample; 
small school garden ; two sanitary toilets. 

Building-: Value, $800; two class rooms; improperly lighted; 
no cloak rooms ; painted ; in good repair and ^"^ell kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboards; 
county, United States and world maps ; no chart; no globe ; 
framed pictures; no reference dictionary; library of 60 
volumes ; organ. Well on lot ; open bucket ; individual 
drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher ; 7 grades ; 43 pupils ; program post- 
ed ; 42 recitation periods ; corn club ; 28 weeks school year. 



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WOODCLIFF SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Teacher : Miss Annie Walker, Woodeliff , Ga. 

Location : Four miles northeast to Bay Branch ; three and a 
half miles south to Harwell. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in county board of education ; 
lot fenced ; otherwise unimproved ; small playground ; 
school garden ; two toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value, $1,500; two stories; tw^o class rooms; insuf- 
ficiently lighted ; cloak rooms ; painted ; in good repair 
and well kept. 

Equipment : Double patent desks ; wood blackboards ; county, 
State and United States maps ; no chart ; no globe ; no pic- 
tures ; no reference dictionary ; library of 40 volumes in a 
case. Water in covered coolers; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 10 grades; 43 pupils; no program 
posted ; no organized clubs ; 28 weeks school year. 



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Teacher : 



ZEIGLER SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Miss Ida Dabney, Zeigler, Ga. 



Location : Three and a half miles west to Woodcliff ; three and 
a half miles south to Harwell. 

Grounds : Area, one acre ; titles in county board of education ; 
lot fenced and well improved; playgrounds improved; 
school gardens carefully kept ; two sanitary toilets. 

Building': Value, $600; one class room; sufficiently lighted; 
cloak rooms ; painted ; in good condition and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboards; 
county and State maps ; no chart ; no globe ; good selection 
of framed pictures ; library of 75 volumes in a good case ; 
organ; large United States flag over the building. Sani- 
tary water cooler; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 9 grades; 44 pupils; school gar- 
dening; 28 weeks school year. 



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NEGRO SCHOOLS 



The superintendent gives conscientious attention to the 
negro schools of the county. Greatest emphasis is put upon 
morals and sanitation, and some encouraging results are to 
be seen. Nearly all of the negro schools of the county are 
provided with two toilets, and they are constantly and care- 
fully cleaned. At some of them cleaning the toilets is a form 
of punishment imposed for school disorders. 

The following pages show photographs of most of the ne- 
gro schools of the county, most of them being adjacent to a 
church or lodge, which is usually a better building than the 
school house. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



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